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The “No-Nothing” approach has gained popularity within the Trump Administration and among his Christian nationalist supporters. Most conservative politicians and the Roberts Court have long since capitulated to whatever HE wants.
Henry Clement, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, August 2023.
By Henry Clement
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Park Service The (NPS) are intended to be non-partisan, science-driven agencies. However, they are currently undergoing a troubling transformation under very questionable leadership.
The decline of scientific integrity at NOAA and NPS will ultimately harm the quality of our outdoor experience.
Unnecessary cruelty has emerged: the job losses affecting thousands of researchers, veteran scientists, and new graduate students have resulted in significant financial pain.
The absence of scientific oversight is a warning for anglers, hunters, and outdoor enthusiasts. The future of our rivers, prosperous with trout, four-legged game animals, and flourishing wildernesses, faces threats from mining, uniform development, deforestation, and other unexamined environmental challenges.
A bull Dolphinfish is a prized game fish, illustrated here by renowned watercolorist Thom Glace.
What if a disease spreads uncontrollably in a pristine outdoor area? The scientific community will struggle to identify its viral source or find a solution.
Are you really okay with canceling alternative energy projects? Is it acceptable to forfeit knowledge, abandon nearly resolved long-term projects, lose billions of dollars in investments, destabilize America’s scientific research future, and close the door on opportunities?
Ah, the art of a deal – Trump plans to reduce the reported fisheries’ economic impact by 25%
The NOAA reported that marine sport fisheries and seafood industries contributed over $321 billion in economic activity and supported 2.4 million jobs in 2022.
The New York Times reports that the indiscriminate slashing of science programs will have a substantial adverse effect on American life
Alan Burdick is a Health and Science desk editor at The New York Times.
In his story “A Crushing Year for Science in America,” Alan Burdick writes that next year will be even worse. The 2026 budget proposed by the White House aims to cut funding for several key agencies significantly:
- National Science Foundation by 56.9 percent,
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) by 39.3 percent,
- NASA by 24.3 percent, which includes a 47.3 percent reduction in NASA’s science research budget.
- The budget would eliminate the U.S. Geological Survey’s $299 million budget for ecosystems research.
- Funding for U.S. Forest Service research totals $300 million.
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the budget proposal would also eliminate all $625 million in funding for climate research, habitat conservation, air chemistry, and studies related to oceans, coastal regions, and the Great Lakes.
The Trump administration has suggested shutting down NASA and NOAA satellites [flawlessly operational], which researchers and governments worldwide depend on for weather forecasting and natural disaster monitoring.
“Death by a thousand cuts”
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has estimated that if the administration succeeds in its plans to cut the 2026 federal science budget to $154 billion from $198 billion — a 25 percent reduction — it would represent the smallest amount that the federal government has spent on science in this century.
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